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some; any; please; anyway; anyhow

3

complaint; grumble

1

running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink

1

to become hollow (with age, illness, etc.); to be scrawny; to be thin

1

to write a novel

2

game; match; contest

2

hot blood; warm blood; zeal; fervor; fervour

2

suzerain

2

struggle (for); scramble; contest

1

rustic; country-style

3

same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism

1

Marian

1

to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle

1

thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article

1

-like

1

another family; another house

1

tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard

2

elderly spinster

1

Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits

1

recitation; reciting from memory

2

to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive

1

to talk casually; to use one's peer language (to others)

1

deeply religious; devout; godly; faithful

5

fanatic; fanatic believer; zealot

1

honourable poverty; honorable poverty

1

heart attack; to have a heart attack

1

dying in a fit of anger or indignation

1

to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth

1

to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate

2

literary talent

1

editor (in publishing, etc.)

2

peace agreement; peace accord

1

to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain

2

to settle (a problem)

1

heresy

1

praise; extolment; extollment

4

very careful; thoroughly prepared

1

cinders

1

very popular; highly favoured

1

artistic taste; aptitude for painting; ability to appreciate art; desire to paint

1

Claris

1

masterwork; masterpiece; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality

1

hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)

2

grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)

1

analysis

1

cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)

2

military exercise; drill

2

encouragement rally; pep rally; spirit rally

1

black ground; black cloth

1

light that stays on all night; lamp that is kept burning all night; nightlight

1